Welp... @dougsmit posting a Milli Vanilli photo ... it must be the weekend! :)
What a great post and coins!! Rough but wonderful: [ATTACH] IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG NEPTVN AVG Neptune standing, holding dolphin and trident. Antioch
Exactly like you :).... I pre-bid on a few coins at a single auction once when I first started... watched the live auction and see that I've won...
I am sorry for your unfortunate experience.. your new hobby sounds amazing.. however if you ever get the bug again... talk to the right dealers...
Well that is an excellent coin! Wow... - and great portrait (relatively speaking).. he may have just been an unphotogenic, old grump .. sorta like me!
As per the title I am always on the lookout for great portraits of Valerian.. when I say great - I sorta mean "good" - as they are usually...
Oh yes thank you - I did see that. But I am more than happy to take my time and add the 3 volumes to my reading list. I got nothing else going...
This is a very timely thread for me as I just purchased Sear's Byzantine Coins and their Values and was looking for a companion history book.. I...
Now that is a post I can get behind!!! Chaos !!
Do it! New content in always appreciated!! While a few here look down at the "Look at my new coin" threads - well as far as I am concerned they...
500!! We're AWESOME! next, reverse of a future emperor.
Nice addition!!! [ATTACH] Roman Imperial AE as. Marcus Aurelius as caesar. Obverse depicts bare headed bust of young Marcus Aurelius facing...
Almost @ 500 pages...! [ATTACH] Valerian IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG RESTITVT ORIENTIS Turreted woman (the Orient), draped, presenting wreath...
Here is my latest pickup from The Second Tetrarchy- Constantius I as Augustus.. [ATTACH] Constantius I Æ Follis (29mm, 10.52g) Heraclea
I was expecting this thread!!!! I recall how happy you were when you purchased the first Sulla denarius a few months ago. When I saw it for sale...
Beautiful coin! I hope you will be posting your "Minverva types in Domitian's Fifth denarius issue of 85 AD" complete set? My ask is in admitted...
Excellent.... I like being wrong ... it happens so often that I have learned to embrace it. Also enjoy looking at things in a silly way... like...
Yes I refuse to believe it is not a severed head... I know I am wrong .. but I won't allow it. Too cool!:) [ATTACH]
Amazing addition! Good for you!!
I used to pick up a deal - well just because its a deal. Probably a common trend for new collectors. As the years have gone on I have become more...
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